Edith Wharton at Home :Life at The Mount /Richard Guy Wilson ; Foreword by Pauline C. Metcalf ; Photographs by John Arthur.

Collection Type

Books

Originator

Wilson, Richard Guy, 1940-

Contents

Foreword / Pauline C. Metcalf -- Finding her way -- Designing and building The Mount -- Life at The Mount -- Afterward.

Edition

First edition.

Description

"At once a leader and a recorder of the glamorous Gilded Age society, Edith Wharton is at the pinnacle of American literature and social history. The Mount, her summer "cottage" in the Berkshires, was essential to her success, filled with gatherings of literary figures and artists, and this book documents the story of her life there"-- Provided by publisher.
187 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm